Thursday, January 13,1977
Little Miss H. C. Finals
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The Aate finals of the
Little Miss North Carolina
Talent Contest in per
forming arts will be held
4. February 4-5 at Wilmington
T Hilton.
. Representing this area is
Rulette Willehe Jemigan,
10-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Clarence W.
Jemigan/’ 116 East
Freemason Street.
Her talent category is
instrumental. She has been
in the church choir for four
years and played the (nano
for a like period of time.
The Little Miss North
Carolina Talent Contest has
the following categories for
the participants—dance,
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vocal, acrobatics, baton,
instrumental and variety.
’The age category is five
through 12.
' The' state finals is a
preliminary to the national
finals'. Each state finalist
will receive an all-expense
paid trip to the national
event.
Tracy Skipper of New
York State is the current
national title holder. Can
dace Poats of Hickory holds
the state title.
Teague Chairs
Farm Bureau
Advisor Group
Paul Smith, Jr., of Hert
ford, is a member of the
N. C. Farm Bureau
Federation’s Young Farmer
and Rancher Advisory
Committee.
John Sledge, federation
| president, recently an
! nounced that David Teague,
| 26-year-old dairy farmer of
I Route 1, Elon College, has
1 been appointed chairman of
the committee. The com
mittee assists and advises
county Farm Bureau Young
Farmer and Rancher
committees in organizing
| and carrying out their
programs of activity.
ASCS
News
Premeasurement Services
Premeasurement service
for all 1977 crops will be
available. Ratds will remain.
the same as 1976 - being
SI.OO per acre, plus a $4.00
service charge with a $9.00
minimum. Requests can be
accepted now.
Payment Statements
Payment statements of all
payments made under ASCS
programs should be
received by Chowan County
farmers before the end of
January. These statements
are mailed directly from the
Data Processing Center to
the farmers. If any farmer
does not understand his
statement, bring it by the
county office for
verification.
Grower Applications
• Applications for new
grower allotments on
tobacco, peanuts, cotton and
feed grains must be filed by
February 15, 1977. Anyone
interested in applying for a
new grower allotment
should check with the ASCS
office on the requirements.
Farm Changes
Farmers buying, selling
or changing their farm
operations for 1977 are
requested to come by the
county office so that our
records may be updated for
current program
operations.
Tobacco
Up to June 14 tobacco
I lease and transfer
agreements can be accepted
I without any planting
I requirements.
Agreements must be
1 signed and witnessed by a
I county office employee.
Both the owner and
I operator must sijgn the lease
. agreement. Only the
operator of the receiving
I farm must sign agreement.
If you plan to lease any
tobacco for 1977 please come
l in and sign your agreement.
The population of the United
States in the year 1900 was
uu 75,994,5751 i; l/.'t h n.
THE CHOWAN HERALD
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/• • I BY JOHN SLEDGE
~ | INC. Farm Bureau Federation
It’s an old and familiar
story. When raw farm
product prices go up, the,
increases usually are
quickly reflected at the
consumer level. But when
farm prices decline, retail
prices are slow to follow.
A prime example can be
found in current bread
prices, according to the U.S.
Department of Agriculture
(USDA). With wheat prices
at the lowest level in some
years, you would expect that
retail bread prices would be
considerably lower.
But that is not the case.
USDA reports that a one
pound loaf of white bread
sold in September, 1976, for
an average of 35.4 cents as
compared with 35 cents in
September, 1975.
The value of the wheat in a
one pound loaf fell from five
cents in 1975 to 2.9 cents in
September, 1976.
The value of all farm
ingredients in a loaf of bread
dropped from 7.1 cents to 4.6
cents during this period.
The baker-wholesaler,
according to USDA, got the
major share of the increase
in the price spread. Its share
increased from 20.7 cents in
September, 1975, to 24 cents
in September, 1976.
It will be remembered
that it was the American
Bakers Association that
early in 197.4 warned that
bread would reach $1 a loaf
if wheat exports were not
cut back to hold down wheat
prices. The U.S. farm price
of wheat in February, 1974,
was $5.52 per bushel, and
bread was selling at 32.5
cents per one pound loaf.
The baking-wholesale
spread, according to USDA,
in the first quarter of 1972
was 14.2 cents, 58 per cent of
the retail price. By the third
quarter of 1976 it had
reached 23 cents, or 66 per
cent.
The USDA report says
“While spreads do not
necessarily indicate profit
levels, many baking firms
are showing record ear
nings.”
Another reason that bread
prices have not followed the
downward spiral of farm
wheat prices is due to in
flationary cost increases all
along the production
marketing line.
Union labor contracts
which have provided in
creased wages and larger
fringe benefits have played
a part in the cost of bread. In
Chicago, for example, a
week long strike by the
Teamsters Union manning
the bread delivery trucks,
resulted in substantial wage
increases and these will be
reflected in higher bread
prices.
COA Dean’s List
One hundred and fifteen
students at College of The
Albemarle earned positions
on the Dean’s List at the
institution in recognition of
their scholastic
achievement during the Fall
Quarter which ended on
December 17. The list was
released by Norman Nor
fleet, dean of instruction,
who pointed out that it
represents 10.5 per cent of
the total fall enrollment of
1,100 college transfer,
technical and vocational
curriculum students who
attended the college.
Chowan County residents
who were among the 25
students receiving the grade
of “A” or all courses at
tempted during the quarter
included William C. Smith,
Jr., and Raymond E.
Davenport, both of
ton; and Isaac G. Byrum of
Tyner. Smith is a college
transfer student. Davenport
and Byrum are enrolled in
technical and vocational
Second Pesticide Class Set Monday
By: R. M. Thompson,
County Extension Chairman
The second session of the
pesticide school will be held
on the fourth floor of the
County Office Building on
Monday night, January 17 at
7:00. This is for those far
mers that have not been
certified to apply pesticides
on their own farm.
There will be a pesticide
school of two days in
Raleigh on January 31 and
February 1 at the
McKimmon Center. Only
people who plan to take the
state exam on the com
pletion of your training will
be accepted at this school.
Only six of the following
schools will be taught, so
you should sign up early if
you are interested.
Dealer - Ag. Pest-Animal -
Forest Pest - Ornamentals-
Turf-Seed - Aquatic - Right
of-way - Basic Training -
Food - Public Health -
Regulatory - Aerial -
Structual - Demonstration-
Research - Ag. Pest-Plant.
We will have sweet potato
meeting at Boswells
programs, respectively.
Other Edenton students
who earned grade point
averages of 3.25 ( B plus) or
better were: College
Transfer - Gordon K. West;
Technical - Mary E.
Barringer and Stevfe L.
Leary; and Vocational
Gabriella L. Wynn.
Betty Ryan
Women’s Aglow
Guest Speaker
The Elizabeth City
Women’s Aglow Fellowship
will be meeting Saturday at
the V. F. W. building,
beginning at 9:30 A. M.
Guest speaker will be Betty
Ryan from Barrington, 111.
She is the daughter of Aglow
President, Edith Killmon.
All are invited to hear this
testimony. For reservations
call: 264-2877 or 330-2647.
Nursery facilities are
'available,'call: 335-0960. ’
Restaurant on Friday,
January 21 at 10:30 a.m. Dr.
George Wilson will be here
to discuss new things in
sweet potato production and
ciiring. We will have a dutch
loncheon and a general
discussion during lunch. We
feel that all sweet potato
farmers should make an
effort to attend.
Another production
meeting will be the peanut
production meeting that will
be held on Tuesday,
January 25 at 2:00 at the
American Legion Building.
Astor Perry will be here to
discuss the latest in peanut
production and we believe
that you will find this most
interesting.
Again let us urge you to
get your soil samples taken
AMYUYNN SMITH
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery
Lynn Smith announce the
birth of a daughter, Amy
Lynn, at Chowan Hospital
on January 8. The infant is
the granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carroll Smith and
Mrs. Virginia Burris of
Edenton; and the great
granddaughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Erie Jones and Mrs.
Wilburn Smith.
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as soon as possible so that
you can make preparations
such as lime and fer
tilization that you will need
in order to start the year off
right. A good soil sample is
the basis for producing good
crops and I would certainly
suggest that you do your
best to get your samples in
and back as soon as
possible.
If you Have any questions
on todays news article
please contact us at the
County Extension Office in
Edenton.
Jaycattas Hold
Moitkly Maatiag
The Edenton Jaycettes’
board met January 3 at the
home of Mrs. Sherry Ellis
Nine members were
present.
The membership meeting
was held January 6 at Mrs.
Boswell’s Restaurant. Mrs.
Julia Hassell was the guest
speaker.
Mrs. Hassell spoke briefly
about the Equal Rights
Amendment.
Club members discussed
Jaycee Week and other
upcoming events.